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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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SPEAK   occurs   15 times 6 in BB  •  9 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... speak.  BB To Employers, p.136
Not long afterward he had called me from Hartford on two successive days, so drunk he could hardly speak.


2.
  ... speak.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
"Almost timidly, one of my friends began to speak.


3.
  ... speak at a meeting, we again try ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
If our turn comes to speak at a meeting, we again try to carry A.A.'s message.


4.
  ... speak at A.A. meetings because they were ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
They weren't asked to speak at A.A. meetings because they were "making money out of A.A."


5.
  ... speak at meetings or who are so ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.110
There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much face-to-face Twelfth Step work.


6.
  ... speak for everyone here when I say ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.137
But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'


7.
  ... speak in a meeting.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.143
At length the time came for him to speak in a meeting.


8.
  ... speak love with their lips, and believe ...  12&12 Step Six, p.67
But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds?


9.
  ... speak of alcoholism as an illness, a ...  BB Working With Others, p.92
Continue to speak of alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady.


10.
  ... speak of himself.  BB Working With Others, p.91
Tell him enough about your drinking habits, symptoms, and experiences to encourage him to speak of himself.


11.
  ... speak of spiritual matters, especially when we ...  BB We Agnostics, p.45
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.


12.
  ... speak or act hastily or rashly, the ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.91
When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot.


13.
  ... speak the language of the heart in ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiv
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all its power and simplicity.


14.
  ... speak to you of God, we mean ...  BB We Agnostics, p.47
When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God.


15.
  ... speak with someone who is experienced, who ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.


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